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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Beach (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Beach. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Beach is located in Ware County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ware County: Baker (FL), Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee & Pierce.

Below are the counties that are near Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beach:

  • Ware County     (The home county of Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Talmo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
    • Waltertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Waltertown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
      • Waltertown has also been known as:
      • Watertown
    • Waresboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jamestown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jamestown is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Millwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Deenwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Deenwood is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deenwood
    • Sunnyside
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Winona Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Winona Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona Park
    • Waycross
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerson Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Emerson Park is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Park
    • Ruskin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Ruskin is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,203 people
    • Manor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Appling County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Phillipi
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Phillipi is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipi
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 707 people
    • Baxley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Graham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Graham is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
    • Surrency
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Axson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Leliaton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
  • Bacon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Alma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Alma is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
    • Guysie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
    • Coffee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Coffee is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Brantley County
    • Hoboken
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
    • Argyle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Nicholls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • Douglas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Broxton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Denton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Quinn ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Quinn is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinn
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,652 people
    • Hazlehurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Kirkland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.
    • Mershon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Bristol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Blackshear
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Patterson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Offerman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Wayne County
    • Screven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Beach.

Cemeteries Near Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beach.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.

  • Sweat Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lees Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Elisabeth Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Moore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bagley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Corinth Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • J. Ben Taylor Family Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Holton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (205 more) ...
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cole Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ten Mile Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beach had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Beach, with the one closest to Beach listed first.

  • Bickley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
  • Nicholls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waltertown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown
  • Waresboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Millwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Waycross
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackshear
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Needham
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Needham is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
  • Douglas
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Glenmore
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Glenmore is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
  • Patterson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Manor
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Offerman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Ritch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ritch is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritch
    • Wheaton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wheaton is located in Appling County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beach.

Newspapers Published in Beach ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beach, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Beach:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.